ISLAMABAD, July 14 (Xinhua) — Police in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi arrested a high-profile terrorist on Thursday, an official statement said. The terrorist, who belonged to the banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), was arrested by the counter-terrorism department (CTD) of the police on Thursday, the statement released by...
Daily Archives: July 14, 2023
Emergency services across South Wales have been testing their preparedness for terrorism incidents this week, taking part in a live-play exercise in collaboration with Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP). The exercise focused on a scenario involving a terrorist attack at a music event at Newport International Sports Village. The multi-agency exercise involved:...
A British terrorist who travelled to Syria intending on ‘martyrdom on the battlefield’ has been released from a UK jail after just nine years behind bars. Yusuf Zubair Sarwar and his childhood friend Mohammed Nahin Ahmed were both jailed in 2014 and branded ‘dangerous’ by the trial judge after pleading guilty of...
Detectives from Counter Terrorism Policing West Midlands CTP arrested two men yesterday (Wednesday, July 12) on suspicion of terrorism. The men – aged 18 and 22 and from Birmingham and West Bromwich respectively – were detained in connection with disseminating terrorism material and fundraising for terrorism. They remain in custody today (Thursday, July 13)....
Muhammed Momtaz Al-Azhari, 26, of Tampa, Florida, was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. According to court documents, Al-Azhari pleaded guilty to the charge in February 2023. Al-Azhari is a...
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